Although Candy and George deserve our sympathy because they both have hard lives and they have gone through a lot of things. Crooks is the most sympathetic because he is lonely and discriminated against‚ and like stated in the book being lonely is the worst thing that could happen to a man because a man needs someone to talk to no matter who that person is. v Crooks is a very sympathetic character. At the beginning of chapter 4‚ the narrator describes Crook’s bunkhouse‚ and then the man himself
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Crooks and Lennie Don’t judge a book for its cover. In the book “Of Mice and Men”‚ the people in the bunkhouse had their differences and similarities. Crooks and Lennie had their own differences and similarities‚ Crooks suffered from racism while Lennie didn’t‚ Crooks was a lonely man while Lennie had George‚ and both of them were outside of society. Crooks suffer from racism. He lives alone in his own bunkhouse. Curley’s wife treats him like if he was her slave‚ one time she entered his room
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regarding Crooks 1) Crooks is very isolated from the others that are in the bunkhouse. We know this because "He kept his distance" and "demanded that other people kept theirs". This shows that he prefers being alone rather than face prejudice from the rest of the workers. It also shows that Crooks is quite defensive because if his he is treated. Steinbeck uses the work “distance"‚ which re-emphasises how separated he is. It also shows that Crooks requires protection because of how the others
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the ways Lennie is presented and developed in Of Mice and Men Although Lennie is among the main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ he is perhaps the least self-motivated. He experiences no significant changes‚ development‚ or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Throughout this essay I will be explaining the different aspects of his character. Although Steinbeck’s insistent foreshadowing of these characteristics makes Lennie a rather
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72) In John Stienback’s Of Mice And Men‚ Crooks was able to live a life filled with loneliness and persecution. He was shoved aside on the farm‚ ignored and alone. He endured the persecution against him because he was an African-American. Because Crooks existed in conditions that could drive one insane‚ he is a survivor. Crooks did not live in the bunkhouse with the other men‚ but lived in the harness room of the barn‚ alone. It was not only not living with the other men--they excluded him from all
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techniques. The author does this to encourage us to sympathise and begin to understand the characters‚ in order to show the problems with prejudice and the various types of it which were endemic in American society in this time. Lennie is firstly presented to us through the author’s use of animal imagery in the description‚ and the readers first impression of Lennie is how animal like he is when phrases like ‘snorting…like a horse’ are used. The author does this to show that Lennie is gentle‚ like an
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Lennie Small Character Study Lennie Small is a large man and is often described with animal like features (such as paws). He and his friend/cousin of George Milton and they travel around California looking for work. In today’s world he would probably be classed as mentally disabled and he is very simple‚ clumsy and could be classed as stupid. He enjoys stroking soft things such as mice‚ dogs and soft clothes and he also enjoys hearing George talking about their American Dream‚ to own their own ranch
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In the book of‚ “Of Mice and Men” there are many characters who deserve our sympathy‚ for instance there is Lennie‚ George‚Curley‚Carlson‚Slim‚Curley’s Wife‚Crooks and several other characters. These characters make us feel sympathetic towards them weather is it because how they are treated or how they live their lives or how they behave. But although these characters deserve sympathy‚ Crooks and Curley’s Wife deserve more sympathy because of these reasons‚ Crooks is treated badly due to his race
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Of Mice and Men Assignment Throughout the novel‚ Lennie is treated as a child due to his petulant actions by other characters.; this is due to his mental illness‚ which goes unacknowledged and supported in the following examples. “[...] He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just ain’t bright‚” (Page 22). George lies about Lennie for the sake of keeping their job‚ but the quote shows how lightly he takes the matter. Another example of how people see Lennie is shown
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Crooks Diary Entry Tonight Lennie an’ Candy came in to my room. I argued with Lennie first tellin’ him he aint got no right to come in to my room. But the stubborn guy didn’t understand and jus’ came in anyway. He was sayin’ he wanted to tend some pup of his. I let him stay and come in. Lennie started talkin’ to me bout rabbits and a place he‚ candy and George was gonna get. I told him he was nuts‚ jus’ nuts. But Lennie kept sayin’ an’ repeatin’ ‘it aint no lie’ and ‘were gonna do it’. I don’t
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